DO NOT BE AFRAID Christ gives himself to his people gradually. He knows that they have the rebellious divided spirit of adolescents—full of longing for genuine love, yet plagued with disappointment, despair, and doubt. He treats them somewhat like an older and experienced man might win the confidence of a wild young girl. Slowly Christ gathers them to himself by the magnetic attraction of his grace. He wins them by deeds of love, healing them of their miseries, curing their lepers, exorcising their demons. Only when he sees that they are ready does he begin to reveal more intimate mysteries of his love, such as his desire to become one body with his followers and the eventual unity they will achieve with him in eternity. He knows that many of their ways are unloving but instead of reproaching them directly, he begins by telling them parables, letting them discover for themselves how far short their own lives are from the new ideal. Gradually his disciples begin to respond to Christ’s self-giving. The Word From Father Thomas The Word From Father Thomas Our Lady of Lourdes Established –1875 534 N. Wood Street Gibson City, IL 60936 Mass Schedule Saturday 5 pm Sunday 10:30 am Monday 8 am Tuesday 8 am Wednesday 8am Thursday 5:30 pm Friday 8 am Holy Days: 7 am & 7 pm Eucharistic Adoration Tuesday 8:30-9:30 am Thursday 6-7 pm (except first Thursday of month-no Adoration) First Friday of Month 8:30-9:30 Confession Saturday 4:30 pm (OLOL) Any time by Appointment Immaculate Conception 202 E. Green Street Roberts, IL 60962 Mass Schedule Sunday 8:00 am Confession Sunday 7:45 am (IC) Parish Office Phone & Fax: (217) 784-4671 General Information [email protected]Address: 534 N. Wood St. Gibson City, IL 60936 Website www.ololgc.org Welcome Welcome to Our Lady of Lourdes and Immaculate Conception! We are glad you are here with us today. If you would like to join our Faith Community, please contact our parish office or stop by any time. JUNE 25, 2017 TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME For Reflection What am I struggling with and need to give over to Christ? How can I increase my trust in God this week? “If by that one person’s transgression the many died, how much more did the grace of God…overflow” (Romans 5:15).
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DO NOT BE AFRAID Christ gives himself to his people gradually. He knows that they have the rebellious divided spirit of adolescents—full of longing for genuine love, yet plagued with disappointment, despair, and doubt. He treats them somewhat like an older and experienced man might win the confidence of a wild young girl. Slowly Christ gathers them to himself by the magnetic attraction of his grace. He wins them by deeds of love, healing them of their miseries, curing their lepers, exorcising their demons. Only when he sees that they are ready does he begin to reveal more intimate mysteries of his love, such as his desire to become one body with his followers and the eventual unity they will achieve with him in eternity.
He knows that many of their ways are unloving but instead of reproaching them directly, he begins by telling them parables, letting them discover for themselves how far short their own lives are from the new ideal.
Gradually his disciples begin to respond to Christ’s self-giving.
The Word From Father ThomasThe Word From Father Thomas
Our Lady of Lourdes Established –1875
534 N. Wood Street Gibson City, IL 60936
Mass Schedule Saturday 5 pm
Sunday 10:30 am Monday 8 am Tuesday 8 am
Wednesday 8am Thursday 5:30 pm
Friday 8 am Holy Days: 7 am & 7 pm
Eucharistic Adoration Tuesday 8:30-9:30 am
Thursday 6-7 pm (except first Thursday of month-no Adoration) First Friday of Month 8:30-9:30
Confession Saturday 4:30 pm (OLOL) Any time by Appointment
Immaculate Conception 202 E. Green Street Roberts, IL 60962
Baptism Call the Rectory at least four weeks before the baptism.
Instruction for the parents and God-parents is required.
Sick?? If you or a family member is sick
or admitted to the hospital or makes a trip to the Emergency
Room, please contact Fr. Thomas at (630) 639-0502 .
Marriage Call the Rectory at least six months before. A six month preparation time is required.
THIS WEEK’S INTENTIONS
If you wish to have a Mass intention for a loved one, anniversary or other occasion, please contact the parish office.
Mass intentions are $10.
MON June 26 8:00AM
Delost Family
DeYoung Family
TUE June 27 8:00AM
St. Cyril
Doran Family
Duffy Family
WED June 28 8:00AM
St. Irenaeus
Priest Intentions
THU June 29 5:30PM
Sts. Peter & Paul
Eberle Family
Eichelberger Family
FRI June 30 8:00AM
+John & Vicky Stuckey
SAT July 1 5:00PM (OLL) +John Stuckey Family
SUN July 2 8:00AM (IC)
Thirteenth Sunday in 10:30AM (OLL)
Ordinary Time
+Parish Family
+Mary Cothern
Thank You For Your Gifts
OLOL
Imm Conception
Sunday Total
$2330.00
Capital Imp. $0
Food Pantry May Total
Yr to Date FP
$87.00 $465.00
$1873.61
Sunday Total Capital Imp.
$165.00
$0
Ministry Schedules
Date
Altar Servers
Lectors
Euch. Minister
Ushers
Homebound Ministry
Sat, July 1 5:00PM
Alex Killian Stan Alt Jerry Brown Frank Titus John Carlson
Sun, July 2 10:30AM
Haven Hathaway Brooke Beyers
Sarah Sarantakos Paul Sarantakos Jerry Lynch Jerry Lynch, Jr.
When we meet our CMAA Goals! OLOL and IC will get back 70% of every dollar received above our goals. Reaching our goals is a
great achievement, and continuing to give is even greater!
2017 CMAA Goals
OLOL: $11240 (Goal: $13,255)
IC: $550
(Goal: $913)
If you wish to add the name of a loved one who is sick, please contact the parish
office at 217-784-4671 or
pastor@ ololgc.org.
In your charity, prayers and Mass offerings, please remember those who have died. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. May they and all the souls of the faithful dead rest In peace. Amen Kathy Bittner
The first Friday of the month adoration will follow 8AM Mass. The remaining weeks of every month Adoration will be on the usual Thursday evening following 5:30PM Mass and always Tuesday following 8AM Mass.
Pray for the Sick & Homebound
Mardelle Duffy Donovan Gaines
Jeff McGuire Linda Ellington
Greg Delost Steve Heavilin
Dale Enghausen Bob Mardis Ashley Bode
Sophia Ray((6/27) Matthew Allen (6/27)
Brooke Beyers (6/27) Dorri Groom (6/27)
Darrin Ray (6/30)
Andrew & Nicole Miller (6/26) Ray & Ellen Hankes (6/27)
John & Joan Cole (6/28) Frank & Lynne Titus (6/30)
SUNDERLAND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED
CONGRATULATIONS to RUCKER PARSONS
the recipient of this year’s Sunderland Scholarship. Best of luck to you
at Eastern Illinois University and in all your future endeavors.
Bulletin submissions should be received by Wednesdays at 5:00 pm. Call the parish at 784-4671 or email to [email protected].
Reprinted with permission of Liguori Publications
Monday June 26
Weekday
Gn 12:1–9, Mt 7:1–5
Tuesday June 27
Weekday
Gn 13:2, 5–18
Mt 7:6, 12–14
Wednesday June 28
St. Irenaeus,
Bishop and Martyr
Gn 15:1–12, 17–18
Mt 7:15–20
Thursday June 29
Sts. Peter and Paul, Apos-
tles
Acts 12:1–11
2 Tm 4:6–8, 17–18
Mt 16:13–19
Friday June 30
Weekday
Gn 17:1, 9–10, 15–22
Mt 8:1–4
Saturday July 1
Weekday
Gn 18:1–15, Mt 8:5–17
Sunday
July 2
Thirteenth Sunday in Or-
dinary Time
2 Kgs 4:8–11, 14–16a
Rom 6:3–4, 8–11
Mt 10:37–42
Dear Padre JUNE 25, 2017
Did Adam and Eve repent of their sin, and if so, were they forgiven?
Genesis 1—3 is written primarily to convey
truths about God: God is good, loving,
and provident; humankind was ungrateful
to God and introduced evil into the world.
However, despite humanity’s sinfulness,
there is still hope because of God’s good-
ness and mercy.
The Garden of Eden story is focused more on
the loss of original holiness and the conse-
quences of original sin than on repentance.
So while the Bible doesn’t state that
Adam and Eve sought repentance, we can
know with certainty that God offered them
forgiveness, and we can imagine that they
probably repented. God restores humanity
after the Fall through Christ’s redemptive
act and offers all of us forgiveness (see the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 410).
Christians believe that “the world has
been established and kept in being by
the Creator’s love; has fallen into slavery
to sin but has been set free by Christ, cruci-
fied and risen to break the power of the
evil one” (CCC 421). Creation, therefore,
already involves a re-creation in Christ,
the eternal Word of the Father. Christ, the
“New Adam,” who amends for the dis-
obedience of Adam, becomes the point toward
which creation’s history is directed.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
asks: Why did God not prevent the first man
from sinning? “St. Leo the Great responds,
‘Christ’s inexpressible grace gave us bless-
ings better than those the demon’s envy
had taken away.’…And the Exsultet sings,
‘O happy fault, …which gained for us so
great a Redeemer!’” (CCC 412).
Fr. Byron Miller, CSsR
Good News!
June 25, 2017 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Jer 20:10–13, Rom 5:12–15, Mt 10:26–33
Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous painters in history. His dramatic style of eternally swirling motion and his palette of deep blue, green, and brown captivates us. His life was just as topsy-turvy as his style. He started off as an aspiring minister and missionary yet ended up committing himself to painting. He fought with mental illness most his life and, sadly, died poor and amidst mysterious circumstances.
His painting Pietà is one of his most spiritual and religious works. Carried out in the months before his untimely death, it shows the maturation of his style. Rather than approach the painting with a wide horizontal composition, he keeps it quite vertical, which suggests a connection between heaven and earth. Jesus is falling forward slightly and is not quite resting in Mary’s arms. He seems to be somewhat on his own as Mary reacts in grief, offering more than an accepting embrace.
Suffering has both the moment of struggle and of rest. In Van Gogh’s Pietà, as in life, the unrequited desire to rest prevails. The struggle to accept and embrace suffering was a big part of Van Gogh’s life, as seen in his letters to his brother. Van Gogh, like us, sought serenity in a faith that claims “he has rescued the life of the poor” and that “all the hairs of your head are counted” and not a sparrow “falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge.” We are precious to God, as was his Son. The power of God’s love embraces our suffering and offers to bring it to resurrection.
